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Watch: Three things to know about Trump’s tariffs announcement US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new set of tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that they would allow the United States to economically flourish. These new import taxes, which Trump imposed via executive order, are expected to send economic shockwaves around…

Donald Trump’s politics have shifted considerably over his decades in the public sphere. But one thing he has been consistent on, since the 1980s, is his belief that tariffs are an effective means of boosting the US economy. Now, he’s staking his presidency on his being right. At his Rose…

President Donald Trump has unveiled universal 10% tariffs on all imports into the US effective on 5 April, with certain countries hit with steeper tariffs beginning 9 April. The watershed moment for global trade is already impacting stock markets. The BBC’s Michelle Fleury breaks down what the import taxes mean…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said US tariffs on European Union imports are “wrong”, after US President Donald Trump announced he would begin charging a 20% rate on EU goods. Meloni is one of the many world leaders reacting to Trump’s “liberation day” announcements, which include a universal 10%…

Andrew Harding Paris correspondent BBC Outrage is a precious political currency and France’s far right has spent this week attempting, furiously and predictably, to capitalise on the perceived injustice of a court’s decision to block its totemic leader, Marine Le Pen, from standing in the 2027 presidential election. The airwaves…

Natalie Sherman BBC News, New York Watch: Key moments in Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for sweeping new import taxes on all goods entering the US, in a watershed moment for global trade. The plan sets a baseline tariff on all imports of at…

Getty Images More than 2,700 people were killed in a devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar on 28 March In the immediate aftermath of an earthquake, there is a 72-hour “golden window” when those trapped under rubble are most likely to survive. But in the 72 hours after a 7.7 magnitude…

US President Donald Trump has announced a universal “baseline” 10% tariff on all imports into the US, on what he has dubbed “Liberation Day”. Trump also unveiled a 10% tariff on UK goods and 20% on EU goods in a watershed moment for global trade. The US will also hit…

Rob Cameron BBC News in Prague Getty Images A state of emergency allowing bears to be shot has been extended across much of Slovakia (file pic) The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears, after a man was mauled to death…

Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Reuters A woman stands outside one of the WFP-supported bakeries that were forced to close on Tuesday due to a lack of flour and fuel One month since Israel closed all crossings to Gaza for goods, all UN-supported bakeries have closed, markets are empty of…